T. Jeevan Reddy, a senior Congressman and the party’s candidate for the Nizamabad Lok Sabha seat, has become embroiled in controversy following an incident in which he struck a woman.
On Friday, a video that showed the former minister slapping a woman while campaigning went viral on social media.

The incident happened in a village during the Congress candidate’s and a few other leaders’ campaign in the Armur Assembly segment.

Jeevan Reddy allegedly slapped the woman, a labourer under rural employment guarantee scheme, when she told him that she will vote for ‘flower’ symbol in the May 13 election.